Community Notes From Local Churches and Clubs
Parish events at St. Philip's and St. Paul's include Holy Communion, Sunday services, and a Christmas tea hosted by the Woman's Auxiliary with Rev. James A. Doubleday and Rev. Robert Frazier officiating. The Masonic hall hosts a meeting, and a solo fundraiser by the Red Brick school Mothers' club nets about $30 for hot lunches. An addition at Texaco Station will house a lubritorium and car washing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Hall
Woman's Club
Orencelton
James A. Doubleday
St. Paul's Church
Brunswick
St. Philip’s Sunda
Robert Frazier
St. Paul’s
St. Philip's
St. Philip's Church
Deeia
Four Lakes
Mason
Aruba
Netherlands
West Indies
First Congregational
North Edgecomb Congregational Church
Pendleton
Lincoln
Texaco
Th Road
Mothers’ Club
Red Brick School
Wiscasset
Robert Freeman Grover
Boothbay Harbor
Mahlon Paul Palmer
Islesboro
Jefferson
Army
William A. McFadden
Fort Hill Street
Leon G. Flood
Miles Memorial Hospital
le Foster
Saturda
Whiting and
Woolwich P T A Holds Meeting at Center School
Woolwich P T A met Monday evening at Center School Nequasset to vote on items and hear officer reports. President William Fogg led, portable tables were received but not yet delivered, and painter Howard Kirkpatrick offered to coat them with plastic paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich P.T. A
Center School
Nequasset
Thesident
William Fogg
Howard Kirkpatrick
Ceme
Brian M. Jewett
Alvah Donnell
Evangeline Sparks
Alice Baker
Vera F
John DeWitt
Charles Stepp
James Thorpe
Charlotte Thornton
We Kirkpatrick
Jewett
Femuel Aerebie
Private Chandler E Rogers Completes Basic Training at Fort Dix
Pvt Chandler E Rogers finished basic training at Fort Dix New Jersey. He spent a week with his parents Mr and Mrs Edwin Rogers at Whiskeay before returning to New Jersey for overseas duty as an interpreter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Chandler E. Rogers
Fort Dix
N. J
Edwin Rogers
New Jersey
Debby Davis Named 1954 March of Dimes Poster Boy
New York newssummary reports Debby Davis a four year old from Gooding Idaho chosen as the 1954 March of Dimes poster boy by Basil OConnor. His image will appear nationwide in January as the drive runs January through the month. Debby, crippled by polio since four months old, has spent most of his life in Idaho hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Debby Davis
Gooding
Idaho
March of Dimes
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
Debby
Delbert
Davis
Joanne Robinson Celebrates Ninth Birthday Party
Joanne Robinson, daughter of Mrs. Ethel Robinson of 10 Adams Court, turned nine with a daytime party. School friends attended as pastel balloon decorations and two elaborately iced cakes graced the dining room. A birthday watch gifted by her brother Donald, stationed at Brunswick Naval Air Base, sparked excitement among guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanne Robinson
Ethel Robinson
Adams Court
Joanne
Donald Robinson
Brunswick Naval Air Base
Bobby Towle
Judy Snow
Ronald Griffin
Washington Street
Sharon Drake
Barbara Harnish
Barbara Holman
Anne Fraser
Earl Griffin
Katherine O'Leary
Jimmie O'Leary
Merrick Worden
Betty Robinson
Dorothy Robinson
Cheryl Savage
Dawn Savage
Dinner Honors S U V Head At Lodges Event
Mrs. Webster received a bouquet, 100 one dollar bills tied with a gold ribbon, and other gifts from the National and local auxiliaries. Massachusetts sent a miniature bus with bills. Lt. William H. Miller auxiliary of Sanford gave a Pullman suitcase. A letter of regret came from Commander-in-Chief Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant III and from Albert Woolson. Comrade Woolson is 106. The head table featured gold chrysanthemums. music by an orchestra. Numerous officials and auxiliaries attended from Bath, Portland, Saco, and nearby camps, with officers listed among the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Es L. Warner
Webster
National
Massachusetts
William H. Miller
Sanford
U.S. Grant
Mrs. Great
New Mexico
William H. Rodgers
Albert Woolson
Duluth
Minn
Kenert Metcalf
Irma Preble
C. Lloyd Hooker
Donald Preble
Vernon Miller
George Melzard
Lillian Eepemmon
Ifc
Norll
James L. Plummer
Laura
Edward Miller
Martha Grant
Neighbors across Kennebec update on local life
Mrs. Wilson Freeman returns home to Bowdoin from Portland Osteopathic Hospital after two surgeries this summer. Canasta club from Day's Ferry visits Bath for a social, with Mrs. Dingley hosting and several Bath residents listed. Gas station construction at Day's Ferry Road and Route 1 prompts traffic concerns and calls for 25 mph signs. Various visits, church calls, and family gatherings noted across Bath Woolwich Arrowsic Georgetown Center and Day's Ferry, including plans for a Woolwich grange turkey dinner to benefit the group and upcoming Christmas activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Freeman
Bowdoin
Herbert Leeman
Woolwich
Freeman
Bath
Osteopathic Hospital
Portland
Canasta Club
Walter Dingley
Milan Street
Ferry Road
Hunnewell
Carlton Bridge
Leonard Boucher
Ann
Bath Memorial Hospital
Boucher
Charles MacMahan
Georgetown Center
Adam Galuza
Barley Neck Road
Canaan
Ethel Blodgett
Mechanic Street
Norris Waltz
Damariscotta
Chester Leeman
Wayne
Lewiston
Leeman
Mason Carter
Donald
Joseph
Michael Carter
Day's Ferry
Methuen
Mass
Carter
Alfred Schubert
Woolwich Grange
The
Grange
Alberta Bailey
Bernice Bailey
Herbert McIntire
Good Will Club
Charles Powers
Ivory Strout
William C. Brown
Lowell Brown
Nelson Rice
Rogers Hardware Co
Susie Brown
Costello P. Hall
Edward V. Reed
Sagadahoe Ferry
Sagadahoc and Woolwich Social Notes Share Weekend Visits
Sagadahoc Ferry and Woolwich residents hosted guests from Medford and Bangor, with travel tales from Raymond Hathorne returning from U S Geological Survey duty. Gatherings included Get-To-Gether Club at Nequasset and news of Mrs. Blanche J. Bunker recovering in Milton after Boston subway injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deenae
Portland
Lowell
Sagadahoe E My
Chester Reed
Medford
Mass
Boothbay Harbor
Lowell Brown
Sagadahoe Ferry
Gerald Gamble
Maine General Hospital
Vera Hunt
Bangor Business College
Natalie Edwards
Eastern Maine General Hospital
Bangor
Lawrence Edwards
Sagadahoc Ferry
Raymond Hathorne
U. S
Geological Survey
West
Maurice Hatthorne
Hathorne
Edward Carter
Nequasset
Rockland
Edward Mayo
Leon Beals
Woolwich
Albert Bailey
Frank Sparks, Jr
William Stevens
William Fogg
Forrest Baker
William Woerter
Woolwich Friends
Blanche J. Bunker
Los Angeles
Calif
Harvey P. Hathorne
Boston
Milton
Leah Strout
Winneyance
Main Reelected to Maine Y M C A Foreign Work Committee
A Maine State Y M C A convention at Portland re elected A M Main to the Foreign Work Committee. William C Perkins and Philip Oliver were named to committees, with Perkins and Arthur D Warner from Bath attending along with other Maine Y M C A delegates. The event marked the Portland Y M C A centennial, featuring talks by Joel E Nystrom and Dr Edwin H Schell and concluding with a banquet and mortgage presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Main
Maine
Portland Y. M
National Council
Cincinnati
International Committee
Cleveland
Earle M. Hillman
Bangor
Portland
Main
William C. Perkins
Philip Oliver
Joel E. Nystrom
National Y. M. C. A
Nystrom
Edwin H. Schell
Portland Y. M. C. A
Fire at Samuel Guptil residence in Woolwich extinguished
Woolwich Fire Department responded Friday around 5 30 to a chimney fire at the Samuel Guptil residence on Day s Ferry. The blaze was put out quickly with no injuries or flames seen afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Samuel Guptil
Day's Ferry
West Bath social notes and local visits noted
West Bath readers record a flurry of weekend visits and travel. Mr and Mrs Joseph Warrabee return from Burlington to York with relatives in Waterville Mrs Robert Farnham and Mrs Reginald Farnham visit in Waterville. The Chatterboats meet at Pauline Belanger home with Elaine Mitchell Arlene Scott Blanch Locke Harriet Cotton. Fred Bubier and son Howard each harvested a deer this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Larrabee
Burlington
National Grange
Tr N Swain
York
Arents
Joseph Warrabee
Robert Farnham
Reginald Farnham
Waterville
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Brunswick
Irving Burnham
Owen Thompson
Percy Holbrook
Robert Medcalf
Campbell's Pond
New Hampshire
Stanley Williams
Francena
Bingham
Ethel Burns
Laurance Putnam
Woolwich
Pauline Belanger
Elaine Mitchell
Arlene Scott
Blanch Locke
Harriet Cotton
Carl Gregory
David and
Carla
Sanford
Mable Lanchester
Ella Temple
Bowdeinham
Kermit Bennett
Rawson Sawyer
Five Islands
Richard Bowman
F._W. Deehan
Portland
Albert Temple
Bennett
Fred Bubier
Howard
Irving Burnham, Jr
Bath
West Bath Grange hosts Pomona annual meeting
West Bath Grange hosted Sagadahoc Pomona for its annual gathering with supper at 6 30. The evening featured readings skits and music by members including Mrs Mattie Collins and Bonnie Belanger, plus a roll call on favorite seasons and a report by State Deputy Joseph W Larrabee about the National Grange meeting in Burlington Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Past Masters Association
Merriconeag Grange
Harpswell
Sagadahoc Pomona
West Bath
Grange Hall
Mattie Collins
The
Grange
Bessie Boudreau
Forrest Barter
Alex Burgess
Helen McNelly
Doris Doughty
Stork Shower for Mrs Edward Murphy Held at Atwood Home
A stork shower honored Mrs. Edward Murphy at her mother Mrs Keith Atwood’s 33 High Street home. Hostesses Mrs Arlene LaFerriere Mrs Frances MacDonald and Mrs Charlotte Chattley arranged fall chrysanthemums and a cake by Mrs Ruth Morse. Guests listed include Mrs Marlene McNeil Mrs Helen Caton Miss Patsy Morse and many others. The evening featured gifts games music and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Murphy
Keith Atwood
High Street
Arlene LaFerriere
Frances MacDonald
Charlotte Chattley
Murphy
Ruth Morse
Marlene McNeil
Helen Caton
Patsy Morse
Patty Murphy
Ruth Smith
Myra Morse
Edna Merry
Emma Dolloff
Sue Waterhouse
Ethel Brown
Hazel Atwood
Randall Merry
Beulah Merry
Marion Quimby
Marion Harrington
Colleen Rogers
Isa Brown
Anne Haggett
Nancy Kingsbury
Dorothy Williams
Helen Gagnon
Barbara Champion
Iva York
Frances Stinson
Roxanne Merry
Thelma King
Chloe Jewett
Pearl Ketchum
Demerise Hart
Charlotte Allen
Peggy Butterfield
Fico
Florence Murphy
Mattie Goding
Buck strikes car on Bath highway. deer killed
Bay State motorist Arthur Wanasse of Weymouth told police a 150 pound spikehorn buck jumped into his car near Brunswick Naval Air Station. The crash caused about 100 in damage to the vehicle and left no meat for Wanasse, who lacks a Maine hunting license and cannot claim deer-damage compensation under current law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay State
Bath
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Arthur J. Wanasse
Weymou’s
Mass
Wanasse
Maine
Miss Katula Joins WAVES For Navy Training
Miss Norma Katula daughter of Mr and Mrs M J Katula 426 Washington street has joined the WAVES U S N for nine weeks basic training at Bainbridge Md She is a Morse High School 1953 graduate and will be assigned to 431 West U S N Co 146 W Recruit Training at the U S Naval Training Center Bainbridge Md
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Katula
M. J. Katula
Washington Street
The
WAVES
Bainbridge
Katula
Morse High School
U. S Naval Training Center
Bainbride
Apricot glaze over ham noted for broiling
Reader asks about leftover canned apricots for glaze on ham. Suggests spreading puree on ham slice before broiling to create a glossy finish.
Bath hunter joins Maine’s biggest bucks club with giant eight pointer
George E. Parshley of 11 Clifton Street bagged an eight point buck weighing 280 pounds dressed, hunted with Bud Nickerson in Searsport area, shot Thursday and hauled home for display at Engine Three fire house in Bath. Experts say live weight exceeded 320 pounds. Weekend guests included Carla Sawyer and her parents in Bedford Street, Acton Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
George E. Parshley
Clifton Street
Woods
Bud Nickerson
Searsport
Parshley
Engine Three
Shepard Street
Dromore Grange Session Reports and Plans
Dromore Grange met Tuesday evening with routine business and reports. Announced the November Past Masters Association and Lecturers Council meeting at Merriconeag Grange Harpswell on Nov 19 with supper. Voted to send Master Ray Campbell to State Grange in December. A program featured Evelyn Beals and singing and readings followed by a contest among members and a hearty audience. Dining room refreshments were served by the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Ee
Eelard Blair
Edward King
Evelyn Beals
Grangers
America
Betty Lou Libby
Clara Ellis
Arthur Totman
Arethaell
Hazel Ellis
Helen Gagnon
Elnora McMann
Florence Rollins
Ruth Totman
Thomas Key
William Robshaw
Myron Ellis
Seating Renovations at Uptown Theater
Allan Dorson of Chelsea Massachusetts and local workers repadded all seats at the Uptown theater with light blue covers and repainted metal frames in dusty rose. Supervisor Mr. Dorson and theater manager Mr. Welch oversaw the work with plans to extend the color scheme to walls and molding. The Uptown is operated by Brigham Theaters of Dover New Hampshire, with locations in Houston Presque Isle and several New England sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Dorson
Chelsea
Mass
Uptown
Dorson
Welch
Brigham Theaters
Dover
N. H
Houston
Presque Isle
Vermont
New Hampshire
York Beach
York Harbor
Kennebunkport
Bath Municipal Court Hears Motor Vehicle Pleas
Grant Mills of Lakewood pleaded nolo contendere through attorney Arthur Peabody to failing to stop for a school crossing discharge in Richmond and was found guilty. Court taxed $5.70. Mills paid $14.70 total. Amos R. Greenleaf of North Bath pleaded guilty to speeding 65 mph in a Stanning beeceies ace at rea o and paid $5.70 court tax plus $10 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Mills
Lakewood
Nolo Contendre
Arthur Peabody
Richmond
Amos R. Greenleaf
North Bath
Dromore Extension Group elects officers at grange hall
Dromore Extension Group held a meeting at the grange hall on Thursday to elect officers. Mrs. Lillian Blair served as secretary-treasurer and Mrs. Evelyn Beals as food leader, with Addie Seavey leading clothing and Eva DeBery home management efforts. The group approved a Swedish weaving program, planned a December 3 all-day session, and set a December 10 Christmas party with a turkey dinner and gift tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galatin
Eam
Lillian Blair
Evelyn Beals
Addie Seavey
Helen DeBery
Eva
Dara
Aretha Campbell
Aearey
Eva Rogers
Carlson
Ruth
Anita Sheffield
Gladys Bean
Pauline
Anita Totman
Order of O MoLays Meet Thursday In Bath
Young officers seven other members and two advisors attended the meeting. A class of nine candidates to receive the DeMolay degree was noted. An invitation from the Order of Eastern Star to present the degree will be at 8 30 with mothers fathers and friends invited. Refreshments will follow. A donation by Hollis Garey of Dun to the Scribe's recro was given to the Chapter by Masons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Order of Eastern Star
DeMolay
Hollis Garey
Dun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woolwich P.T.A
Waiano
Aptereda McFadden Pharmacy A “Hallet & Company
Kennebec
Y. M. C. A. Foreign Work Committee
Pomona
Wes
Stork
Enjo
Big Buck
George Parshley
Carla Sawyer
Sally Cummings
Acton, Mass
Charles F. Cummings
Bedford Street
Dromore Grange
Dromore
Order OF O’molay
Ballantine
Ballantine Beer
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